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The inquest heard Mr McKeon spent 20 days in ICU were he was sectioned under the Mental Health Act and at times had to be restrained by five staff as well as police officers, during psychotic episodes when staff attempted to extubate.

His brother Andrew Ward told an inquest jury that Mr McKeon had "run off" on that day after he'd been staying for him for several months.

The jury heard now Mr McKeon had attend the hospital seven times between March 2015 and November 2016, following problems caused by heavy use of the psychoactive substance Spice, which was a ‘legal high’ until it was banned last year.

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Mr Ward said his brother bought Spice from the high street and had started doing so about two years from the death of another brother from drowning followed shortly after by the death of his mother, after which he became homeless.

He told the inquest Mr McKeon became vulnerable and suffered epileptic seizures.

Prior to this, he described him as 'a popular, friendly person who was liked in the local community'.

The inquest jury at Wells Town Hall heard how the former plumber ended up living rough, though sometimes he would turn up at his brother Mr Ward's house and stay there.

On November 9 an ambulance was alerted after Mr McKeon was found on his hands and knees having a seizure on a zebra crossing.

Evidence from Dr James Sidney, a consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine at Musgrove Park Hospital, detailed how Mr McKeon was 'very combative' and needed to be restrained by at least five staff when he arrived at the hospital.